I know that combat cards make a big deal of the fact that you can only bring on a full-strength unit as reinforcements, and that if you haven't got enough figures, then tough (no half units)
I wonder if there's a similar issue with sandbags- once you've used all the sandbags, that's your lot

Correct! Though if you own two sets and want to consider them "available" you could probably do that! But for the average player when the card was written, they would have been limited to the sandbags found in a single base game.

If we're looking for the "Official answer" I think we could look at Memoir '44 Online for guidance with a question like this.

If we're playing a regular scenario and somehow all of the sandbags are already on the board, I suspect we would not be allowed to place any more Sandbags...because they are no longer 'available'. The same would hold true when we are able to play Overlord scenarios and 24 sandbags are in use. So, while people can always use a third set or their own custom sandbags, the official answer would be that you are limited to the number of sandbags found in the number of sets you're playing with.

But when it comes down to it, how often would this situation even come up?! I've only had to deal with this one or two times before!

I agree that would be the official ruling, but preventing a unit(s) from getting their trenching tools out and creating cover, when cover is such a vital part of WW2 gaming, seems harsh.

I would favour using some kind of token for the sea wall and then place the spare sandbag models on the Dug In unit(s), removing them of course when the unit decides to break cover and move off the beach. House rule I know.

This subject was somewhat addressed - at least as far as spare figs go -- in the Campaign Book on pg 4 --

Deployment - 1st Para:

"To deploy a Reserve unit directly onto the battlefield, you must have enough spare figures of the matching unit type available immediately after game set-up (owners of multiple copies of the game are free to use figures from their second game box, if needed).

I guess that in a ftf game where both players are using their own sets for their side's forces only, the owner of 2+ base games would have a larger reserve of pieces to draw from -- the player with one set, would not.

Yes I do have FOUR basegames. But Jesse has everybody beat hands down.

Yes, I believe he has 70 or so

Only about 12... But in the United Sates I run an after-school program for elementary students! Now that I'm in the United Arab Emirates I'll be running a Memoir '44 club with them as well...so only two of the sets are for me!

I do not fancy it and do not like to risk my computer to get any damage from it.
Also paying in the future to use it i don't like the idear.
I have ticket to ride for the family 3 games in total and that is free to play online.

I bought so far all the stuff of memoir and i keep doing that,
As long as i can play on vassal and the ladder i keep also doing that.(i have very few opportunities to play face to face over here in Belgium , mainly because the game is only in English or French.)

The day my only option is to play online and pay online , then that will be the end off the above.

But in the mean time you enjoy it and good luck with your ladder match.

The printed maps have sandbag figures printed on the map. In the Dieppe scenario maybe just don't place the plastic sandbag figures on the seawall spaces and then you have plenty to spare.

Personally, I would ignore this rule about only placing available sandbags, especially in scenarios where the sandbags aren't used as sandbags. Dig In is a pretty useless card to begin with in most cases, so if you want to follow this lame rule, at least remove the Dig In card(s) from the deck.

I do not fancy it and do not like to risk my computer to get any damage from it.
Also paying in the future to use it i don't like the idear.
I have ticket to ride for the family 3 games in total and that is free to play online.

I bought so far all the stuff of memoir and i keep doing that,
As long as i can play on vassal and the ladder i keep also doing that.(i have very few opportunities to play face to face over here in Belgium , mainly because the game is only in English or French.)

The day my only option is to play online and pay online , then that will be the end off the above.

But in the mean time you enjoy it and good luck with your ladder match.

i understand your decision, but since this is still open beta and you get free 100 GI to try, i don't think it's harmful to play, and probably in the future, there's an adjustment to this scheme, who knows

The printed maps have sandbag figures printed on the map. In the Dieppe scenario maybe just don't place the plastic sandbag figures on the seawall spaces and then you have plenty to spare.

If you don't put anything on the board, how can you remember that the sandbags no longer protect a unit after it moves off the hex? I'm afraid my memory isn't that good!

Yeah, I'm saying don't place sandbags when they aren't actually used as sandbags, in this case, the seawalls, so that you don't run out of sandbags for Dig In (if you care about that rule). Place sandbags where appropriate though (when they can be removed), which is when they actually are sandbags in the scenario.

The printed maps have sandbag figures printed on the map. In the Dieppe scenario maybe just don't place the plastic sandbag figures on the seawall spaces and then you have plenty to spare.

If you don't put anything on the board, how can you remember that the sandbags no longer protect a unit after it moves off the hex? I'm afraid my memory isn't that good!

Yeah, I'm saying don't place sandbags when they aren't actually used as sandbags, in this case, the seawalls, so that you don't run out of sandbags for Dig In (if you care about that rule). Place sandbags where appropriate though (when they can be removed), which is when they actually are sandbags in the scenario.

That makes sense and would work well. I'm not sure how often this will come up but it's a good solution when it does come up in a Battle Map scenario.

Yeah, I'm saying don't place sandbags when they aren't actually used as sandbags, in this case, the seawalls, so that you don't run out of sandbags for Dig In (if you care about that rule). Place sandbags where appropriate though (when they can be removed), which is when they actually are sandbags in the scenario.

So at the end off the day , can you play the dig in card and put the 4 sandbags?
Even if you use 2 basic sets. a Yes or No would be good here.

So at the end off the day , can you play the dig in card and put the 4 sandbags?
Even if you use 2 basic sets. a Yes or No would be good here.

Ras?

Yes.

But it's not that simple. If you went to a tournament and were playing a battle where all 12 sandbags were already used (in a Normal map game), you would probably not be able to place any more sandbags. Part of this would be following the rules where it says, "Place available sandbags" and part of it would probably just be logistics of trying to track down another base game to pull out a few sandbags and delaying a game for the move. But it would depend on the people running the tournament. The same thing would probably apply for an Overlord Battle where all 24 sandbags were already used...

In Memoir '44 Online I don't think you'll be allowed to place over 12 sandbags in a battle, but I haven't seen that come up so we can't test it very easily.

But at home, if you own two sets and you're playing a normal battle you can use Sandbags from the second set every time.